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3/2/24 Gratitude

  1. Opening WLG to see all the happy, grateful, vibrant posts
  2. Getting to know a friend’s foster dog while he was with her
  3. Watering all the plants before the wilting warning
  4. Vit D- however we can get it in the cloudy shadow of the Great Lakes
  5. Finding studies that guide decisions
  6. Like-minded friends to chat with during long events
  7. The right joke at the right time
  8. Drawing together
  9. Walks in the woods
  10. Unexpected visit from a friend and her daughter
  11. “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” -John Wooden

Spring Weekend

  1. My writer’s group, which brings me endless joy, belonging, and support
  2. A weekend of laughter and friends
  3. Avoiding the worst of the windstorm
  4. Thankfully only a few small things were blown around the yard
  5. The 6′ jumps of the dog excited to see us after some time away
  6. Inside jokes with my favorite people
  7. Abundance in all directions
  8. Inspiring people in the form of everyday folks
  9. The detritus of play
  10. Warmth

Today’s Gratitude

  1. All the things I get to learn still on this big, glorious blue ball
  2. A generous researcher passing on her extra books
  3. Letting life be what it is
  4. Movement, legs swinging, crunchy autumnal leaves
  5. Friends who write better than my favorite authors, just by making a joke on the phone
  6. Delightful surprise- neighbor knock
  7. Slow productivity
  8. Taking joy in little bits, wherever it shows up
  9. Eye contact
  10. May we all sometimes have a bit of kalopsia- the delusion that things are more beautiful than they are

Grateful

  1. Visit from an old friend- and slipping back into closeness like no time had passed
  2. Mercurial light of the waning moon
  3. The 20lbs of canine love that inspires midnight trips outside
  4. Gifts- of shoes, clothes- secondhand delights me more than brand new
  5. Meeting up with a new friend, the delight of learning her history, hearing her stories
  6. Furry synthetic blended pullover that traps all the heat that the chilly autumn air threatens to whisk away
  7. Fiery red leaves set in golden trees
  8. Footsteps crunching through color
  9. Frost on each blade of grass
  10. Noticing

Thursday Gratitude

  1. My gratitude practice, which sustains me
  2. Breathing techniques & apps
  3. A writing group full of writers I love
  4. A long walk in the woods
  5. The dog, who instigates walks
  6. The way glaciers are like ice skates- melting ice at the point of pressure to make things glide
  7. A morning slowly unfolded
  8. The energy pulsing in two hands, ten fingers
  9. Red ribbons snapping in the wind
  10. Cars buzzing, airplanes whirring, trains rumbling- the soundtrack to a day’s rhythms

Grateful

  1. A Thanksgiving of Matriarchs
  2. Letting go of things to make room to breathe in the schedule
  3. Moments- butterfly kisses, holding hands, laughter
  4. Pre-bedtime dance party
  5. Elves and fairies and Santa, oh my
  6. A houseful of music
  7. Knowing someone well
  8. Choosing a different (neuro)pathway
  9. Snow flurries in the porch light
  10. Katharine, who always remembers <3

Thank you

  1. The opportunity to be alive
  2. And to use my voice
  3. And to stand up for what I believe
  4. All the opportunities I have to argue for my truth
  5. Becoming less reactive, more resolute
  6. Loving anyway, in the way no one can stop me
  7. Making new choices, instead of the status quo
  8. Inventing my own future
  9. Living into it
  10. And up to it

Gratitude

  1. New puppy in the house
  2. Deep dive into a whole new world of training and attentiveness
  3. No longer taking time for granted, for awhile at least
  4. Warm just-rained air
  5. When the mosquitoes take a rain break
  6. Pausing
  7. Deep breaths
  8. Gearing up for a big week
  9. After a full week of activity- so this moment to pause and be grateful is an exhale
  10. Noticing